Normal blood sugar for pregnant women

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Normal blodd sugar level during pregnancy?

• Women without known diabetes should be screened for gestational diabetes 24 to 28 weeks into their pregnancies.

• Before the gestational diabetes test, pregnant women should fast overnight for at least eight hours. The next morning, doctors will check fasting blood glucose, then give an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
• This involves drinking a glucose solution and testing blood glucose one and two hours later
• Gestational diabetes is diagnosed if any of these three criteria are met:

1. Fasting glucose is 92 mg/dl or higher.
2. One-hour OGTT is 180 mg/dl or higher.
3. Two-hour OGTT is 153 mg/dl or higher.

?How to Maintain Normal Blood Sugar Level During Pregnancy

• Avoid sugar and foods with high sugar content
• Add complex carbohydrates to your diet
• Increase the intake of dietary fibre     
• Maintain a low fat diet
• Eat at least six times a day
• Add bedtime snack of essential nutrients
• Daily or regular exercise
• Insulin therapy or metformin

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